sign

Greek Noun Neuter

σημεῖον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for אוֹת;] a sign, mark, token; (a) of that which distinguishes a person or thing from others: Mat.26:48 Luk.2:12, 2Th.3:17 (cf. Deiss, LAE, 153.2); before genitive epexeg, Rom.4:11; with genitive obj, Mat.24:8, 30, 2Co.12:12; with genitive subj, Mat.16:3; (b) a sign of warning or admonition: Mat.12:39 16:4, Luk.2:34 11:29-30, 1Co.14:22; (with) a sign portending future events (Soph, Plat. al.): Mrk.13:4, Luk.21:7, 11 21:25, Act.2:19, Rev.12:1, 3 15:1; (d) of miracles and wonders (MM, xxii), regarded as signs of a divine authority: Mat.12:38-39 16:1, 4 Mrk.8:11-12 Luk.11:16, 29 23:8, Jhn.2:11, 18 2:23 4:54 6:30 10:41 12:18, Act.4:16, 22; pl, Mrk.16:17, 20, Jhn.2:11, 23 3:2 6:2, 14 6:26 7:31 9:16 11:47 12:37 20:30, Act.8:6, 1Co.1:22 (Lft, Notes, 162); the same ascribed to false teachers and demons: Mat.24:24, Mrk.13:22, 2Th.2:9, Rev.13:13-14 16:14 19:20; σ. καὶ τέρατα (τ. καὶ σ; cf. Tr, Syn., § xci), Mat.24:24, Mrk.13:22, Jhn.4:48, Act.2:19, 43 4:30 5:12 6:8 7:36 14:3 15:12, Rom.15:19, 2Th.2:9; id. before καὶ δυνάμεις, 2Co.12:12, Heb.2:4; σ. καὶ δυνάμεις, Act.8:13; δ. καὶ τ. καὶ σ, Act.2:22; σ. διδόναι, Mat.24:24, Mrk.13:22. (AS)

sign

Greek Noun Neuter

σημεῖον, τό, Ionic dialect σημήϊον, Doric dialect σᾱμήϊον [Refs 4th c.BC+], σᾱμεῖον [Refs 2nd c.BC+], σᾱμᾶον [Refs] —= σῆμα in all senses, and more common in Prose, but never in [Refs 8th c.BC+]: mark by which a thing is known, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sign of the future, τυραννίδος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; trace, track, σημεῖα δ᾽ οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν. ἐξεφαίνετο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cork on a buoy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] b) Doric dialect, tomb, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) sign from the gods, omen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; wonder, portent, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; especially of the constellations, regarded as signs, δύεται σημεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) sign or signal to do a thing, made by flags, ἀνέδεξε σημήϊον τοῖσι ἄλλοισι ἀνάγεσθαι he made signal for the rest to put to sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; signal for battle, τὰ σ. ἤρθη, κατεσπάσθη, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθαιρεῖν τὸ σ. to take it down, strike the flag, as a sign of dissolving an assembly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕστερος ἐλθεῖν τοῦ σ. [Refs]: generally, signal, σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; signal to commence work, [ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις [Refs]; σημείῳ ἀβαστάκτῳ, σημείοις ἀβαστάκτοις with unremoved signal (s), of gymnasia, i.e. never closed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 4) standard or flag, on the admiral's ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; on the general's tent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔξω τῶν σ. out of the lines, [Refs] 4.b) body of troops under one standard or flag, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 5) landmark, boundary, limit, ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου out of the limits of your commercial port, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of milestones, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 6) device upon a shield, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; upon ships, figure-head, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 7) signet on ring, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; figure, image, Διὸς κτησίου [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; badge, τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, written characters, γράψαι σημήϊα. φωνῆς [Refs] 7.b) plural (Doric dialect) σαμεῖα, stripes, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; clavi· σημεῖα, [Refs] 8) watchword, war-cry, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 9) birthmark or distinguishing feature, Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) sign, token, indication of anything that is or is to be, [NT+5th c.BC+] II.2) in reasoning, a sign or proof, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ἦν, τοῦτο μέγιστον σ. [Refs]; τὸ μὴ ἐκδυθῆναι οὐδὲν σ. ἐστι is no proof to the contrary, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, instance, example, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σημεῖον δέ· to introduce an argument, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) in the Logic of [Refs 4th c.BC+], a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion, opposed to τεκμήριον (a demonstrative or certain proof), [Refs] II.3.b) in Stoic and Epicurean philosophical, sign as observable basis of inference to the unobserved or unobservable, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; περὶ σημείων (uncertain meaning), title of work by Zeno, [Refs] II.4) in Medicine texts, symptom, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4.b) = Latin lenticula, a kind of skin-eruption, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.5) plural, shorthand symbols, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.6) critical mark, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] III) ={στιγμή}, mathematical point, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also ς. (with or without χρόνου) point of time, instant, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.2) in Prosody and Music, unit of time, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

an indication, especially ceremonially or supernaturally; miracle, sign, token, wonder; neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of g4591 (σημαίνω)